NFDN 2007 Unit 1 questions with accurate
answers
1963 report by CMHA Ans✓✓✓ Policy development for integrated
services in general hospitals
Argued for multidisciplinary services with multiple perspectives
(medical, social, & familial)
Downsizing of large provincial psychiatric hospitals; new orientation on
community based services
8 goals of mental health system Ans✓✓✓ 1. Hope of recovery available
to all
2. Actions taken to promote mental health & well-being to prevent
mental health problems and illnesses
3. Mental health system culturally safe & respond to divers needs of
Canadians
4. Importance of families in promoting recovery and well-being
recognized, needs supported
5. People all ages have equitable access to system of appropriate &
effective programs, services, & supports that are integrated around their
needs
6. Actions based on appropriate evidence, outcomes are measured, &
research advanced
7. Discrimination against people living with mental health problems &
illnesses eliminated, & stigmas not tolerated
8. Broadly based social movements keep mental health issues out of
shadows-forever
,Abnormalities in glucose consumption, indicating mor or less cellular
activity are found in Ans✓✓✓ Found in PET scans of patients with
Alzheimer's, seizures, stroke, tumors and psychiatric disorders
Aboriginal health Ans✓✓✓ Influenced by rich diversity of social,
economic, & political circumstances that give rise to a variety of health
problems & healing strategies in Aboriginal communities
Acetylcholine Ans✓✓✓ Learning & memory
Wakefulness & basic attention
Peripherally activates muscles
Alma-Ata definition of primary health care Ans✓✓✓ Equity,
community involvement/participation, intersectoraly, appropriateness of
technique's & affordable costs
Altered frontal lobe functioning Ans✓✓✓ Decreased executive
functioning (planning, initiating activity, insight, judgment, reasoning,
concept formation, problem-solving skills, abstraction, self-evaluation)
Modulation of impulses is lost, changed mood & personality
Amino acids Ans✓✓✓ GABA
Fast inhibitory response of neurons contributes to seizures, agitation, &
anxiety
Glycine
, Inhibitory; decreases spinal motor neurons
Glutamate
Excitatory; responsible for bulk of information flow
Axis 1: Clinical Disorders & Other Conditions That May Be a Focus of
Clinical Attention Ans✓✓✓ Disorders usually diagnosed @ in Nancy,
childhood, or adolescence
Delirium, dementia, amnesic disorder, other cognitive disorders
Mental disorders caused by generic conditions
Substance related disorders
Schizophrenia/other psychotic disorders
Mood disorders
Anxiety disorders
Somatoform disorders
Factitious disorders
Dissociative disorders
Sexual/Gender identify disorders
Eating disorders
Sleep disorders
Impulse control disorders
Adjustment disorders
Axis 2: Personality Disorders & Mental Retardation Ans✓✓✓
Personality disorders
answers
1963 report by CMHA Ans✓✓✓ Policy development for integrated
services in general hospitals
Argued for multidisciplinary services with multiple perspectives
(medical, social, & familial)
Downsizing of large provincial psychiatric hospitals; new orientation on
community based services
8 goals of mental health system Ans✓✓✓ 1. Hope of recovery available
to all
2. Actions taken to promote mental health & well-being to prevent
mental health problems and illnesses
3. Mental health system culturally safe & respond to divers needs of
Canadians
4. Importance of families in promoting recovery and well-being
recognized, needs supported
5. People all ages have equitable access to system of appropriate &
effective programs, services, & supports that are integrated around their
needs
6. Actions based on appropriate evidence, outcomes are measured, &
research advanced
7. Discrimination against people living with mental health problems &
illnesses eliminated, & stigmas not tolerated
8. Broadly based social movements keep mental health issues out of
shadows-forever
,Abnormalities in glucose consumption, indicating mor or less cellular
activity are found in Ans✓✓✓ Found in PET scans of patients with
Alzheimer's, seizures, stroke, tumors and psychiatric disorders
Aboriginal health Ans✓✓✓ Influenced by rich diversity of social,
economic, & political circumstances that give rise to a variety of health
problems & healing strategies in Aboriginal communities
Acetylcholine Ans✓✓✓ Learning & memory
Wakefulness & basic attention
Peripherally activates muscles
Alma-Ata definition of primary health care Ans✓✓✓ Equity,
community involvement/participation, intersectoraly, appropriateness of
technique's & affordable costs
Altered frontal lobe functioning Ans✓✓✓ Decreased executive
functioning (planning, initiating activity, insight, judgment, reasoning,
concept formation, problem-solving skills, abstraction, self-evaluation)
Modulation of impulses is lost, changed mood & personality
Amino acids Ans✓✓✓ GABA
Fast inhibitory response of neurons contributes to seizures, agitation, &
anxiety
Glycine
, Inhibitory; decreases spinal motor neurons
Glutamate
Excitatory; responsible for bulk of information flow
Axis 1: Clinical Disorders & Other Conditions That May Be a Focus of
Clinical Attention Ans✓✓✓ Disorders usually diagnosed @ in Nancy,
childhood, or adolescence
Delirium, dementia, amnesic disorder, other cognitive disorders
Mental disorders caused by generic conditions
Substance related disorders
Schizophrenia/other psychotic disorders
Mood disorders
Anxiety disorders
Somatoform disorders
Factitious disorders
Dissociative disorders
Sexual/Gender identify disorders
Eating disorders
Sleep disorders
Impulse control disorders
Adjustment disorders
Axis 2: Personality Disorders & Mental Retardation Ans✓✓✓
Personality disorders
